Aaditya Dhingra triumphs at 3rd AFCA Rapid Rating Open 2024

by Shahid Ahmed - 27/04/2024

IM Aaditya Dhingra scored an unbeaten 8/9 to win 3rd AFCA Rapid Rating Open 2024. He finished a half point ahead of the field. Seven players - FM Namitbir Singh Walia, Dhrupad Kashyap, FM Garv Gaur, Sahil Bheron, Mrityunjay Kumar, IM Aradhya Garg and Aarit Kapil scored 7.5/9 each. They were placed second to eighth according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹500000. The top three prizes were ₹51000, ₹35000 and ₹25000 along with a trophy each respectively. The two-day nine round Rapid Rating tournament was organized by All Faridabad Chess Association at Amrita Hospital in Faridabad, Haryana on 13th and 14th April 2024. This is Aaditya's third tournament triumph in 2024.

Aaditya's third tournament victory in 2024

Seven players - Dhrupad Kashyap, IM Aaditya Dhingra, FM Namitbir Singh Walia, FM Aaryan Varshney, FM Garv Gaur, Arshpreet Singh and Mrityunjay Kumar were sharing the lead 7/8 before the final round. Mrityunjay drew with Namitbit, Aaditya defeated Arshpreet, Dhrupad shared the point with Garv, IM Aradhya Garg defeated Aaryan. Aaditya became a clear champion, Namitbir second and Dhrupad third. 8-year-old Aarit Kapil scored 7.5/9 to finish eighth.

Champion - IM Aaditya Dhingra 8/9

Top 5 (L to R): 3rd Dhrupad Kashyap 7.5/9, 1st IM Aaditya Dhingra 8/9, 2nd FM Namitbir Singh Walia 7.5/9, 4th FM Garv Gaur 7.5/9 and 5th Sahil Bheron 7.5/9 | Photo: Neetu Agarwal

IM Aaditya Dhingra scored an unbeaten 8/9, finished a half point ahead of the field and gained 14.4 Elo rating points

Specially Abled - 1st O P Tiwari 6/9, 2nd Vaibhav Gautam 5.5/9 and 3rd Kunal Sharma 5/9 | Photo: Neetu Agarwal

Players in action | Photo: Neetu Agarwal

The prizes for the prize winners | Photo: Neetu Agarwal

A total of 351 players including a GM and an IM took part from various states all over the country, and one from England, Nigeria and Zimbabwe each in this two-day nine round Rapid Rating tournament. It was organized by All Faridabad Chess Association at Amrita Hospital in Faridabad, Haryana on 13th and 14th April 2024. The time control of the event was 25 minutes + 10 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	6	IM	Aaditya, Dhingra		IND	2149	Haryana	8	53,5	58	50,25
2	3	FM	Namitbir, Singh Walia		IND	2239	Punjab	7,5	52,5	57	46,00
3	8		Dhrupad, Kashyap		IND	1964		7,5	52,5	56,5	45,50
4	7	FM	Garv, Gaur		IND	1972	Haryana	7,5	51	55,5	45,50
5	30		Sahil, Bheron		IND	1740	Haryana	7,5	48	52,5	42,50
6	18		Mrityunjay, Kumar		IND	1828	Bihar	7,5	48	52	40,75
7	4	FM	Aradhya, Garg		IND	2207		7,5	47,5	51,5	42,25
8	22		Aarit, Kapil	U09	IND	1799		7,5	44,5	49	40,25
9	24		Arshpreet, Singh	U15	IND	1779	Haryana	7	52,5	55	39,50
10	9		Daksh, Goyal		IND	1933	Delhi	7	52	56	41,00
11	5	FM	Aaryan, Varshney		IND	2168	Delhi	7	52	56	40,75
12	2	FM	Singh, Ojasva		IND	2286	Madhya Pradesh	7	50,5	55	41,00
13	20	AIM	Suraj, Dahiya		IND	1809	Haryana	7	50	54	40,50
14	1	GM	Swayams, Mishra		IND	2445		7	50	54	40,00
15	40		Sushant, Tiwari		IND	1687	Delhi	7	48,5	52	37,75
16	23	AGM	Sundram, Kumar		IND	1783		7	48	52,5	38,25
17	32	CM	Nimay, Agrawal	U13	IND	1721		7	47	51	36,75
18	11	FM	Rosh, Jain	U13	IND	1920	Delhi	7	46,5	50	37,25
19	31		Mehul, Sondhi	U13	IND	1725	Delhi	7	44	47,5	33,50
20	12	WFM	Shubhi, Gupta	U15	IND	1906		6,5	53	58	39,75
21	25		Goel, Pratyaksh		IND	1770	Chandigarh	6,5	51	54,5	37,00
22	14	FM	Daaevik, Wadhawan	U15	IND	1848	New Delhi	6,5	50,5	55,5	37,75
23	10		Sharma, Harish		IND	1922		6,5	49	53,5	37,75
24	29		Shubh, Kapur		IND	1745	Delhi	6,5	49	52,5	34,75
25	19	AGM	Gopal, Krishna Maheshwari		IND	1814	Meerut	6,5	48,5	52,5	35,25
26	15		Aryan, Ranjan		IND	1836	Delhi	6,5	46	49	34,50
27	53	ACM	Soumyadip, Deb		IND	1641	Telangana	6,5	45	49	32,25
28	28		Siddhant, Nath Jha		IND	1749	Haryana	6,5	44	48	35,25
29	17		Samarth, Mittal		IND	1829	Haryana	6,5	44	48	33,50
30	39		Sadbhav, Rautela	U15	IND	1695		6,5	44	48	32,75

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